However, it is said that in the city of Caozhou, since Li Weide returned from western Zhejiang, Chakhan Timur has sent additional scouts to find out the movements of Chengwu Yanjun as soon as possible. ——Just because Yan Jun did not move, it was difficult for him to agree with Zhang Shicheng on the same date for Shandong.

He has more than 10,000 troops and horses stationed in a city, and the daily consumption is very large, and he sees that the military rations are decreasing day by day, but the Yan army in the opposite city is as stable as Mount Tai, and there is no movement at all, as if it is going to be stationed here for a long time. Although he was quiet and calm on the surface, he couldn't help but be anxious in private.

Early that morning, he raised his account as usual,

Because the hour is still early, the generals have not yet arrived. Suddenly, I saw a person stumbling in: "Report, report!" ”

Richard Han was very strict in governing the army, and he immediately disliked it, his face sank, and he said, "What's the chaos? ”

"Report! The gate of Chengwu City was wide open, and a thief army came out, coming towards my Caozhou! ”

"Oh?"

When the generals in the hall heard this, they all changed color. But Chakhan Timur's face sank like water, sat on the chair without moving, and asked unhurriedly: "Can you find out clearly?" ”

"Yes!"

"How many centaurs? Who will the Lord be? ”

"Three or four thousand, the first two flags, on the left side of the side is written 'Haidong Dingdong Command Division', and on the right side is written the word 'Li'."

"It turned out to be Monk Li."

Li Chahan was not in a hurry or impatient, and the generals in the hall had already exploded.

One person stepped out of the queue and said loudly: "Handsome! The thief army suddenly went out of the city and rushed to me, obviously unable to hold it back and wanted to take my Caozhou! Please make a quick plan, how to resist the enemy? ”

"Haha!"

The generals couldn't help but be surprised, and another person came out and asked: "The thief army is coming, why doesn't the marshal laugh in a hurry?" ”

"Three or four thousand thieves, what's the hurry? Monk Li has the courage and no strategy, he came to attack the city, I am terrible? If Zhao Guo comes in person, it is still worth dealing with the old man, Monk Li? Haha, haha! ”

"The Dingdong Army is one of the five Yan thieves, and its combat power is strong and cannot be underestimated. Although Monk Li is brave and unstrategic, he is also a good general in Haidong, how can he underestimate the enemy? Chengwu is only a few dozen miles away from me, and at noon at the latest, the thief army will be able to come to my city. Without further ado. Marshal, please quickly decide on the strategy of defending against the enemy! ”

Li Chahan turned to Li Weixin and asked, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Li Weixin, like Cha Han, was also full of smiles, and said unhurriedly: "If Chengwu's Yan thief doesn't go out of the city, our army can't do anything about him." Now he actually took the initiative to commit crimes, isn't it in line with the will of the lord? ”

Chakhan Timur laughed and said, "Whoever knows me, sir! ”

He sneered twice and said to the generals: "The old man has a big plan, and he needs to shoot away the Yan thief first." It's worried that its turtle is shrinking in its shell, and there is nothing to be done! But I didn't expect it to dare to go out of the city to commit crimes! I am only worried about its immobility, but I am not afraid of its attack! ......, hum, three or four thousand people, one Monk Li, do you want to take the old man's Caozhou City? Generals, look at the old man's methods, how can it be called a return! ”

After a few glances at the generals, he named Wang Baobao and said, "Baobao!" ”

Wang Baobao replied with his head held high, "The child is here!" ”

"The Yan thief deceived me and there was no one in the city, and the Zhao thief actually made Monk Li come to commit it, which was really insulting to me too much! Do you have the courage to fight him and be angry for your father? ”

said that he wanted Wang Baobao to be angry for him, but in fact, Chakhan Timur wanted to use this battle to help Wang Baobao regain his prestige in the army. It is not so much "angry for my father" as "angry for my son".

Wang Baobao understood and said loudly: "Just by the order of the father!" ”

"You have led a thousand men, and now you are out of the city, and you are lying outside the city. Get my military trumpet, and you will make a noise to kill! Remember: Do not move the front team of the Yan Thieves, nor do you move the Yan Thief Army, when you kill it, you are only allowed to find the Yan Thief Army! ”

"Order!"

Wang Baobao was in high spirits, took the military order, turned around and went out of the court, led thousands of elites, and went out of the city to ambush.

"Wang Shixin!"

"The end will be."

"After our army entered Caozhou, the old man immediately ordered you to fill in the trenches outside the city. Can it be filled in now? ”

"Back to Dashuai, it has already been filled."

"Very good! Take note of your merits first. Dispatch 200 of your men, and go out of the city to ambush, and when Bao Bao has attacked, you will wave your flag and shout for him. ”

"Order!"

Wang Shixin also retreated and led the army out of the city without mentioning it.

There are quite mountains and forests outside Caozhou City, and now at the end of summer, the trees are luxuriant, and it is not a problem to ambush thousands of people.

After arranging these two ambush armies, Chakhan Timur ordered another general to guard the north of the city or the south of the city, and the four city gates were properly assigned, and he instructed the order: "After you go, you can only prepare secretly, and you are not allowed to make a big show." When the thieves come to the city, remember to pretend to be panicked, as if you have just discovered them! ”

Although the generals did not understand the intention of Chahan's arrangement, they all responded: "Yes." ”

"When the thieves come to the city, if they are stationed on the spot and rest for the time being, you don't have to pay attention; If they attack the city at once, you don't have to parry too hard at first, but you can pretend that you can't support it. ”

"Yes."

"Let's all go down and prepare!"

The generals were ordered to retreat. At this time, there were still seven or eight generals in the hall who had not received military orders, and when they saw that their colleagues had tasks, they couldn't help but scratch their ears and cheeks, and one of them asked: "Marshal, what is the function of the last general?" ”

"You guys? You go back to the base camp first, gather the headquarters, and then report to the old man's mansion. ”

"Yes."

Li Weixin kept smiling and silent, and only after he made proper arrangements and all the generals retreated did he say: "The lord's arrangements have been made in one go, so I think it has already been completed?" ”

"As Mr. said, I am not afraid of the Yan thief attacking, but I am afraid that he will not go out of the city. Even if there is no Monk Li coming this time, at most two days, the old man will use a plan to transfer Zhao Guo out of the city. ......, this battle, don't hide it from Mr., the old man has indeed been planning for a long time! ”

"Yan Jun has been in the military for many days and has not moved; If it comes suddenly, there will be a mystery in it. It's either that I can't hold it, or I must have been urged by the Deng thief. Either way, it's always a good thing for the lord. ”

"Hmph. Zhao Thief is calm, 'can't hold it' I'm afraid it won't, and if the thieves' generals are anxious and Zhao Thief can't suppress it, then this attack, he will definitely not send Monk Li as the main general, and he will definitely come in person. Based on this, it can be inferred that from the old man's point of view, this time the Yan thief was dispatched, and it is very likely that he got Xiao Deng's order! ”

"What the lord said is very true. It's just that I've been with Chengwu for a long time, and I've been fine. Why did the thief suddenly urge the thief army to attack me? ”

Chakhan Timur groaned a little and said, "If the thief Deng does not die, the old man will not be able to sleep and eat." If the old man doesn't die, why wouldn't the Deng thief also have trouble sleeping? ......, if it is the old man, if the Deng thief personally raises the army and horses to come to my Taihang cantonment, and he does not fight, and he does not leave, the old man will definitely be restless, and it will inevitably make people tempted! ......, this time the thieves attacked me, and it was expected that this was also the case. ”

Li Weixin thought for a while, nodded and said, "This is also true." Other than that, there really is no other explanation. ”

There was the defeat of Jining in the past, and although the siege of Caozhou was lifted later, it was not a big war. Immediately after, the two armies confronted each other, which was boring. It was easy for the Yan army to finally get out of the city, as steady as Li Chahan, and he couldn't help but rub his hands.

He stood up and said to Li Weixin: "Today's small battle is not enough to worry about. Sir doesn't have to go to the city, just wait in the marshal's mansion. He looked at the morning outside the hall and said, "It's early morning, and before sunset, there will be a message!" ”

"In this way, the minister is waiting here, waiting for the good news of the lord."

……

Monk Li led the army out of Chengwu City and rushed to Caozhou.

Walking on the road, he remembered the scene of "Zhao Guodian" yesterday, Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong and others all enthusiastically competed for the first, but in the end, the honor of "leading the troops to fight first" still fell on his head.

He sat on the horse, toed high, and thought: "In the first battle of Jining, Lao Yang and Lao Tong have lost a lot of credit. Even Hu Zhong and Fu Youde also had the miraculous feats of conquering Xuzhou and surrendering to Suzhou. But it's me, and I don't have any meritorious deeds. ......, this time Zuo Cheng ordered me to take the lead and try the defense of Caozhou, but there was no meaning of pitying me and giving me some military merits. ”

After praising it for a while, Zhao Guo said kindly, and then thought again: "A few days earlier, there was a detailed military report, saying that Chahan may be short of military food." However, if there is not enough food for the army, the morale of the army will be unstable. The army is unstable, how much can it defend? ......, although I don't have too many military horses, there are also three or four thousand tigers. If you fight well, will you run away from Chahan in the first battle? Hehe, Lao Yang's great achievements in Xuzhou in those three days can't be compared with this. ”

Think of beauty and grin. He didn't despise Richard, he just held his breath and wanted to get more military merits. It's never wrong to daydream.

The battalions under his command are all the elite of Haidong, and when he went out of the city this time, he said that as long as he drove away Chahan, he would be able to teach the class, so as soon as he got out of the city, he was full of energy, like a tiger out of the cage, you chased me, and it took less than half a day to complete more than 30 miles. It's almost noon, and Caozhou is in sight.

The scout came to report: "Report to the general, it is still ten miles away from Caozhou." ”

"It's almost noon. The order went down, telling the battalions to stop for the time being, to rest on the spot, and to bury the pot to make rice. When you have eaten enough, you have regained your strength, and then you will go to Caozhou with all your might! ”

……

In Caozhou City, the scout came to report: "The thief army stopped ten miles away and buried the pot to make rice." ”

Chakhan Timur snorted and said: "Monk Li has not yet arrived at home stupidly, and he knows that he will let the soldiers eat and rest first, and then come to attack my city!" ......, ignore them, just let them live a few more hours! Just go and spy again. ”

……

In the army of Monk Li, he reported to the Malay: "My department is close to the left, and there are Tartar scouts from time to time. ”

Monk Li said "oh" and said: "Our army marches with thousands of people, and the momentum is very loud, and Caozhou is not deaf or blind, and it is purely normal for a few scouts to haunt it. If not, it's called weird! Don't bother with it. ......, it would be best if you could catch a few live mouths. ”

……

In the city of Caozhou, the scout came to report: "The thief army has found our horse probe, and it seems that it has the meaning of being captured." ”

Chakhan Timur said: "If you have the ability, just capture it!" Before the words fell, his heart moved, and he said again, "It seems that there is a meaning of capture?" Ask the scout, "Are the thieves done eating?" ”

"Not yet."

"Hehe, God help me. Someone came, and ordered to select a number of dead soldiers in the army, and bring them to me. ”

……

In the army of Monk Li, he reported to the Malay: "There are Tartar scouts sneaking closer, and the brothers pretend not to know, and when they come to the front, they will be captured!" ”

Monk Li was overjoyed and asked, "How many have you caught?" ”

"Three."

"Bring it on!"

The scouts of the three Yuan armies were brought up with a big bundle, and they all had blue noses and swollen faces, and they must have suffered a lot of punches and kicks. One of them also had an arrow stuck in his arm, which was not removed.

"I ask you to wait, do you want to live or die?"

"The master is joking, of course he wants to live."

"If you want to live, just be honest! ......, in Caozhou City, does the old thief of Chahan know that I am here? ”

"Just got it."

"How's the fortification of the city?"

"The gates of the city are closed, and the generals are terrified, and the defense has not yet been completed."

Monk Li suddenly changed his complexion and said: "Thinking that the old thief of Chahan is old and spicy, how can he wait until the enemy army comes to the city, and the defense has not yet been completed?" You're going to be a fool! Do you want to deceive me? He ordered someone to drag him away, and he cut off his head not far from the side.

Monk Li then asked the other two scouts of the Yuan army: "How is the fortification in the city?" ”

This time it was the answer of the arrow, but it was exactly the same as what the talented person said, after speaking, his face was like earth, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and shouted repeatedly: "The villain is true, don't dare to deceive the general!" ”

Monk Li was furious and scolded: "You still dare to say it? But it's a hard mouth! Do you think I'm so easy to deceive? He ordered someone to drag him away and cut off his head on the side. Then, he asked the scout of the third Yuan army, and this scout was paralyzed on the ground, and only said: "The villain and others really dare not hide it, they really didn't deceive the general!" ”

"How is the fortification of the city? As long as you answer honestly, you will be spared. ”

The third scout said: "The fortification of the city has long been completed, and it is only necessary for the general to attack the city before counterattacking." ”

Monk Li laughed and said, "You are not honest! Lie to me. "Ordered someone to pull it down, and cut it down the same.

The generals on his left and right were puzzled, and they were stunned, and one of them asked: "The first two said that the fortification in the city has not yet been completed, and the general said that it was false; This said that the fortification in the city had been completed, and the general said that it was false, which one is true? Which is false? ”

"If this third scout doesn't change his mind, then the 'fortification has been completed' in the natural city is true. Now that the third scout has changed his tune, then of course it is true that the 'fortifications are not completed' in the city. ”

"Why is that?"

"Where is there anyone who is not afraid of death? If the three scouts in a row all said the same thing, needless to say, this must be a Chahan dead soldier, deliberately used to hide it! But the third scout changed his tune, what did it prove? It shows that what the first two scouts said is true! ”

All the generals in his entourage bowed and said, "The general is wise, the general is wise." ”

"Chahan is unprepared, this is the opportunity of our army. Pass the order to go, and the order will be immediately opened, and rush to the siege! ”

"There are still many soldiers in the battalions who have not finished eating and resting?"

"The fighter plane is fleeting, how can it be delayed? If you haven't finished eating, you can eat and walk at the same time! If you don't have a rest, you can attack the city later, but you can put it in the rear army. ”

……

In the city of Caozhou, the scout came to report: "The thief army captured the three dead soldiers sent by the commander, and then immediately opened the camp and attacked me." ”

Chakhan Timur smiled and said, "I have a plan among the thieves! ”